Chapter Two
"Major, how are you feeling?' Jones said a he walked into the medical bay of the small Freedom Fighter's base.
Major West was lying on the first bio bed, still in full uniform. He hated being in this room, and everyone knew it. He has lost many friends over the past two years. He heard Jones' voice and slowly opened his eyes. He could still feel the bump to his head throbbing.
"Yes captain?" He managed to say in a whisper.
"Sir, I'm pleased to inform you that we have successfully removed the Liger Zero's orginod system." He said with a soft smile.
"That's great captain." West said as he slowly pushed himsefl up to a sitting position. He glanced around slowly, the medical bay was empty other then himself, Captain Jones, and three other doctors. He moved his hand up and gently put it over the bump on his head and sighed softly, he couldn't remember the last time he was injured in battle.
"I'm also please to inform you that orginod system is completely in tack and our engineers fully believe that they can successfully install it into the Black Liger."
West slowly nodded his head and pulled the bed sheets off of him. "That's great, how long will it take?"
"Three to four hours.. And that's just to get it installed. They say it's going to take another couple out hours to bring it online and test it."
West sighed softly again and slowly moved his legs out of the bed and placed his feet to the cold floor. "Well, I'm sure The New Order as discovered what we are up to about now.. So, deploy all avaliable Zoids.. If they do happen to show up, we'll have to engage them as far away as possible."
Jones nodded his head, "Yes sir, but.. We only have one Blade Liger, four Command Wolves, a Red Horn, and two Dibisons.. If The New Order is really aware of what we are doing, they are going to come at us with a lot more then we can handle here."
"I am aware of that Captain. But we can't stop here now. That orginod system has to be installed into the Black Liger. It's our only hope."
"Sir, with all due respect. We haven't even tested the Black Liger, how do we even know it's going to work?"
"Captain, I designed the Black Liger and I know more about Zoids then anyone else alive. It'll work, trust me."
Jones nodded his head against slowly. "Yes sir."
"The Black Liger is our most powerfullest Zoid.. With high-strength alloy claws and teeth, two high-output electromagnetic discharge blades, twin Boosters, dual shot impact cannon, quad rear-facing smokescreen generators, force shield defense mechanism, 4 high-output thrusters, 2 shoulder-mounted high-output thrusters, and a cloaking device, not to forget that it can be equiped with just about any other type of weapon makes it our strongest Zoid."
"And fastest." Jones said with a slight smile. "It can reach speeds of over 300km/h."
"315km/h to be exact.." West smiled slightly. The Black Liger was his baby, he knew it better then anyone, and he knew that if he could get that orginod system installed into it, it would be the most powerfullest zoid ever."
"Sir!" Amber said as she ran into the medical bay. She was a young warrior of only seventeen years old, but she looked much older. Just by looking at her, one would think she was at least twenty-five. She was a very gifted girl, in all parts, mind, body, and spirit. "Bad news, one of our command wolves have picked up a group of enemy Zoids."
West blinked and slowly pushed himself onto his feet and looked over to the girl. "How many?"
"Six in total so far. Four Iron Kongs and two Saber Tigers."
"Damnit." West said as he looked over to Jones. "Take the blade Liger and get out there, hold the enemy off as long as you can. I'll join you the moment the Black Liger is ready."
"Yes sir." Jones said with a salute before he turned and ran out of the medical bay.
"Amber, I want you to get on the comm and communicate with our base to the East. Ask them for any kind of support them can spare. This is an emergence."
"Yes sir," The young girl said with a salute as well. She turned around and quickly made her way out of the medical bay and to the comm room.
West slowly made his way out of the medical bay and down the long corridor to the large engineering bay where his Black Liger was. There were officers and workers all around it, working hard and quickly to get it online. Everyone knew how import this Zoid was to the Freedom Fighters.
"Let's move it!" West shouted as he walked into the bay. "The New Order is aware of our plans and already has several Zoids on the way. We need the Liger online ASAP!"
Misty, the head engineer made her way over to Major West, her head shaking. "Sir, we can't get this Zoid online before they get here.."
West cut her off with a slight move of his hand. "I'm aware of that. That's why Captain Jones is already out there buying you some time. Don't waste it by talking to me."
Misty nodded her head. "Yes sir." Her and the Major didn't get along much of the time. She hated the fact that he knew just as much about Zoids as she did. "We'll get it online."
"I know you will." He nodded his head and turned away from her, walking over to his Liger and looking up at the cockpit. He couldn't help but give a small smile. This was his creation, and he couldn't wait to get it operational.
He slowly climbed up the zoid's leg and made his way into the cockpit. He sat in it for a while, just looking around. He imagined himself out there right now, with the Black Liger, holding off the enemy. Then he snapped out of his dream and started wondering how the battle was really progressing.
"Sir!" He heard a voice from below that snapped him completely out of his thoughts. "Sir!" He leaned his head out of the cockpit and looked down, it was Amber.
"What did they say?"
"I'm afraid it isn't good news sir!" She shouted up to him. "They can't spare anything!"
West blinked, how was that possible? That base was at least three times the size of this one and with at least two hundred zoids. "Why?"
"They're under a massive attack sir."
"What!?" He shouted, "Why weren't we made aware of this sooner?"
"I'm not sure sir."
"If they can't spare us any support then that assault must be bad.. Damnit!" He hit the consoles and shook his head. "Thanks Amber." He leaned back in the cockpit and closed his eyes. If they lost the East base they may never recover. That was their strongest base in this sector. If it fell, every other base in this sector would be opened to an attack.
He moved a hand up and gently rubbed his eyes and slowly shook his head. "What the hell are we going to do..?" He said, no louder then a whisper. He moved his hand away from his eyes and glanced down at his controls then slowly pushed a few buttons and opened up his comm.
"Captain, come in."
"Jones here sir."
"Give me an update."
Jones glanced down at his controls before he started to speak. "We've lost three of our command wolves and one Dibison. And so far we've managed to take out both Saber Tigers and two of the Iron Kongs."
"Great, take out those last two Kongs then be on the look out for enemy reinforcements."
"Sir, should I be aware of something that I'm not?"
"The East base can't afford to send us any support, they're under a massive attack. I just want us to be ready for anything, okay?"
"Yes sir, Jones out."
"At least the battle is going good here." He leaned back in his cockpit and took a deep breath. Suddenly, the Zoid shook and West bolted up. "What the fuck?"
"Everyone! Off the Zoid! Now! Move it people!" Misty was shouting from the ground as all the engineers started to hurry their way off the zoid.
"What the hell is going on?!"
"Major! Get out of the Zoid!"
The safety bar came down over West's head, locking him into the cockpit and then the door came down. "Oh shit!" The Zoid shook again then let out a loud roar, it was alive. It's head swung around, looking around the bay then spotting the hangar bay's doors. It took off, running directly towards it. The Liger then let two shots fire from it's duel impact cannon, blowing a large hole within the side of the hangar door.
West was shouting, his hands were grabbing the Liger's controls. Trying to stop it but with no luck. "Liger! Stop!"
The Liger didn't listen, it just let out another loud roar and kept on running away from the base. "Liger!" West shouted again and this time, the Liger responded. A plate of black armor lifting up from it's back then followed by it's boosters, which came to life. A bright blue flame ignited from them, sending the Liger off at it's full speed of 315 km/h.
West was forced back against the seat in the cockpit. He knew it'll be rough to control his zoid, but he had no clue it would be this rough. He forced his hands forward and took the controls within them. "Okay Liger, it's time to stop!" He pulled on the controls, but they had no affect. The Liger kept speeding away.
They pasted what appeared to be three destroyed Zoids. What kind? West couldn't make them out, he pasted them at such a high speed. "Liger!" He shouted again with no use. The Liger just kept on moving without stopping.
"John, cover that right flank! Damnit! Don't let those Kongs get through! Fire! John! Come in!"
It was Captain Jones. The Liger must be heading towards the battle without knowing it. Or did it? He glanced down to the main screen and saw that the dual impact cannon was arming. "Liger.. Are you about to do what I think you're about to do?" West blinked slightly then a smile formed over his lips as the Liger gave him a response this time with a roar. But this wasn't just a roar, West could understand it. The Liger was going to attack.
"John! Come in damnit!"
"Captain, give me a update!"
"Major! I've taken a lot of damage and I'm not sure what happened to John, I think they got him, so that just leaves me.. What ever you're going to do, you better do it fast."
"Don't worry I'm just about there."
"You are?" Jones glanced down at his screens and shook his head. "You're not on my scanners.."
"Don't worry about it, just watch and enjoy the show." West smiled and switched off the comm. "Okay Liger, lets kick some ass." He laughed softly and the Liger jumped up into the air at one of the Iron Kongs, catching it off guard. "Strike Laser Claws! Ahhhhhh!" West yelled as the Liger brought it's right paw back then thrust it forward slicing through the Kong's neck and separating it's head from the body.
The Iron Kong fell to the ground and exploded in a ball of flames. The Black Liger landed on it's feet and quickly turned to the left, dodging a couple 70mm shots from the other Iron Kong. The Liger quickly stopped with a slide and turned, it's claws digging into the ground. It let loose a volley from it's duel impact cannon which had dead on aim.
Each round connected against the Iron Kong forcing it back slowly. Then, one round struck it's shoulder mounted missile launcher, destroying it in a big explosion. The explosion completely destroyed the Iron Kong.
West grinned and glanced around. "Great job Liger! I knew you could do it." The Liger let out a loud roar then turned and slowly moved over to the damaged Blade Liger of Jones.
"Jones, go back to base and have them fix your Blade Liger."
"Yes sir.. Sir, if I may ask, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to go and provide some support for the East Base. They're being hit hard. You're in charge till I get back."
"I understand sir, Jones out." He switched off his comm and turned the Blade Liger around, heading off back to the base.
"Okay Liger, lets go cause some hell." The Liger let out another loud roar and west laughed softly. "Lets go!" He thrusted both the accelerators forward, bringing that booster to life once again. The Liger too off with amazing speed, heading directly towards the East Base.
"Major, how are you feeling?' Jones said a he walked into the medical bay of the small Freedom Fighter's base.
Major West was lying on the first bio bed, still in full uniform. He hated being in this room, and everyone knew it. He has lost many friends over the past two years. He heard Jones' voice and slowly opened his eyes. He could still feel the bump to his head throbbing.
"Yes captain?" He managed to say in a whisper.
"Sir, I'm pleased to inform you that we have successfully removed the Liger Zero's orginod system." He said with a soft smile.
"That's great captain." West said as he slowly pushed himsefl up to a sitting position. He glanced around slowly, the medical bay was empty other then himself, Captain Jones, and three other doctors. He moved his hand up and gently put it over the bump on his head and sighed softly, he couldn't remember the last time he was injured in battle.
"I'm also please to inform you that orginod system is completely in tack and our engineers fully believe that they can successfully install it into the Black Liger."
West slowly nodded his head and pulled the bed sheets off of him. "That's great, how long will it take?"
"Three to four hours.. And that's just to get it installed. They say it's going to take another couple out hours to bring it online and test it."
West sighed softly again and slowly moved his legs out of the bed and placed his feet to the cold floor. "Well, I'm sure The New Order as discovered what we are up to about now.. So, deploy all avaliable Zoids.. If they do happen to show up, we'll have to engage them as far away as possible."
Jones nodded his head, "Yes sir, but.. We only have one Blade Liger, four Command Wolves, a Red Horn, and two Dibisons.. If The New Order is really aware of what we are doing, they are going to come at us with a lot more then we can handle here."
"I am aware of that Captain. But we can't stop here now. That orginod system has to be installed into the Black Liger. It's our only hope."
"Sir, with all due respect. We haven't even tested the Black Liger, how do we even know it's going to work?"
"Captain, I designed the Black Liger and I know more about Zoids then anyone else alive. It'll work, trust me."
Jones nodded his head against slowly. "Yes sir."
"The Black Liger is our most powerfullest Zoid.. With high-strength alloy claws and teeth, two high-output electromagnetic discharge blades, twin Boosters, dual shot impact cannon, quad rear-facing smokescreen generators, force shield defense mechanism, 4 high-output thrusters, 2 shoulder-mounted high-output thrusters, and a cloaking device, not to forget that it can be equiped with just about any other type of weapon makes it our strongest Zoid."
"And fastest." Jones said with a slight smile. "It can reach speeds of over 300km/h."
"315km/h to be exact.." West smiled slightly. The Black Liger was his baby, he knew it better then anyone, and he knew that if he could get that orginod system installed into it, it would be the most powerfullest zoid ever."
"Sir!" Amber said as she ran into the medical bay. She was a young warrior of only seventeen years old, but she looked much older. Just by looking at her, one would think she was at least twenty-five. She was a very gifted girl, in all parts, mind, body, and spirit. "Bad news, one of our command wolves have picked up a group of enemy Zoids."
West blinked and slowly pushed himself onto his feet and looked over to the girl. "How many?"
"Six in total so far. Four Iron Kongs and two Saber Tigers."
"Damnit." West said as he looked over to Jones. "Take the blade Liger and get out there, hold the enemy off as long as you can. I'll join you the moment the Black Liger is ready."
"Yes sir." Jones said with a salute before he turned and ran out of the medical bay.
"Amber, I want you to get on the comm and communicate with our base to the East. Ask them for any kind of support them can spare. This is an emergence."
"Yes sir," The young girl said with a salute as well. She turned around and quickly made her way out of the medical bay and to the comm room.
West slowly made his way out of the medical bay and down the long corridor to the large engineering bay where his Black Liger was. There were officers and workers all around it, working hard and quickly to get it online. Everyone knew how import this Zoid was to the Freedom Fighters.
"Let's move it!" West shouted as he walked into the bay. "The New Order is aware of our plans and already has several Zoids on the way. We need the Liger online ASAP!"
Misty, the head engineer made her way over to Major West, her head shaking. "Sir, we can't get this Zoid online before they get here.."
West cut her off with a slight move of his hand. "I'm aware of that. That's why Captain Jones is already out there buying you some time. Don't waste it by talking to me."
Misty nodded her head. "Yes sir." Her and the Major didn't get along much of the time. She hated the fact that he knew just as much about Zoids as she did. "We'll get it online."
"I know you will." He nodded his head and turned away from her, walking over to his Liger and looking up at the cockpit. He couldn't help but give a small smile. This was his creation, and he couldn't wait to get it operational.
He slowly climbed up the zoid's leg and made his way into the cockpit. He sat in it for a while, just looking around. He imagined himself out there right now, with the Black Liger, holding off the enemy. Then he snapped out of his dream and started wondering how the battle was really progressing.
"Sir!" He heard a voice from below that snapped him completely out of his thoughts. "Sir!" He leaned his head out of the cockpit and looked down, it was Amber.
"What did they say?"
"I'm afraid it isn't good news sir!" She shouted up to him. "They can't spare anything!"
West blinked, how was that possible? That base was at least three times the size of this one and with at least two hundred zoids. "Why?"
"They're under a massive attack sir."
"What!?" He shouted, "Why weren't we made aware of this sooner?"
"I'm not sure sir."
"If they can't spare us any support then that assault must be bad.. Damnit!" He hit the consoles and shook his head. "Thanks Amber." He leaned back in the cockpit and closed his eyes. If they lost the East base they may never recover. That was their strongest base in this sector. If it fell, every other base in this sector would be opened to an attack.
He moved a hand up and gently rubbed his eyes and slowly shook his head. "What the hell are we going to do..?" He said, no louder then a whisper. He moved his hand away from his eyes and glanced down at his controls then slowly pushed a few buttons and opened up his comm.
"Captain, come in."
"Jones here sir."
"Give me an update."
Jones glanced down at his controls before he started to speak. "We've lost three of our command wolves and one Dibison. And so far we've managed to take out both Saber Tigers and two of the Iron Kongs."
"Great, take out those last two Kongs then be on the look out for enemy reinforcements."
"Sir, should I be aware of something that I'm not?"
"The East base can't afford to send us any support, they're under a massive attack. I just want us to be ready for anything, okay?"
"Yes sir, Jones out."
"At least the battle is going good here." He leaned back in his cockpit and took a deep breath. Suddenly, the Zoid shook and West bolted up. "What the fuck?"
"Everyone! Off the Zoid! Now! Move it people!" Misty was shouting from the ground as all the engineers started to hurry their way off the zoid.
"What the hell is going on?!"
"Major! Get out of the Zoid!"
The safety bar came down over West's head, locking him into the cockpit and then the door came down. "Oh shit!" The Zoid shook again then let out a loud roar, it was alive. It's head swung around, looking around the bay then spotting the hangar bay's doors. It took off, running directly towards it. The Liger then let two shots fire from it's duel impact cannon, blowing a large hole within the side of the hangar door.
West was shouting, his hands were grabbing the Liger's controls. Trying to stop it but with no luck. "Liger! Stop!"
The Liger didn't listen, it just let out another loud roar and kept on running away from the base. "Liger!" West shouted again and this time, the Liger responded. A plate of black armor lifting up from it's back then followed by it's boosters, which came to life. A bright blue flame ignited from them, sending the Liger off at it's full speed of 315 km/h.
West was forced back against the seat in the cockpit. He knew it'll be rough to control his zoid, but he had no clue it would be this rough. He forced his hands forward and took the controls within them. "Okay Liger, it's time to stop!" He pulled on the controls, but they had no affect. The Liger kept speeding away.
They pasted what appeared to be three destroyed Zoids. What kind? West couldn't make them out, he pasted them at such a high speed. "Liger!" He shouted again with no use. The Liger just kept on moving without stopping.
"John, cover that right flank! Damnit! Don't let those Kongs get through! Fire! John! Come in!"
It was Captain Jones. The Liger must be heading towards the battle without knowing it. Or did it? He glanced down to the main screen and saw that the dual impact cannon was arming. "Liger.. Are you about to do what I think you're about to do?" West blinked slightly then a smile formed over his lips as the Liger gave him a response this time with a roar. But this wasn't just a roar, West could understand it. The Liger was going to attack.
"John! Come in damnit!"
"Captain, give me a update!"
"Major! I've taken a lot of damage and I'm not sure what happened to John, I think they got him, so that just leaves me.. What ever you're going to do, you better do it fast."
"Don't worry I'm just about there."
"You are?" Jones glanced down at his screens and shook his head. "You're not on my scanners.."
"Don't worry about it, just watch and enjoy the show." West smiled and switched off the comm. "Okay Liger, lets kick some ass." He laughed softly and the Liger jumped up into the air at one of the Iron Kongs, catching it off guard. "Strike Laser Claws! Ahhhhhh!" West yelled as the Liger brought it's right paw back then thrust it forward slicing through the Kong's neck and separating it's head from the body.
The Iron Kong fell to the ground and exploded in a ball of flames. The Black Liger landed on it's feet and quickly turned to the left, dodging a couple 70mm shots from the other Iron Kong. The Liger quickly stopped with a slide and turned, it's claws digging into the ground. It let loose a volley from it's duel impact cannon which had dead on aim.
Each round connected against the Iron Kong forcing it back slowly. Then, one round struck it's shoulder mounted missile launcher, destroying it in a big explosion. The explosion completely destroyed the Iron Kong.
West grinned and glanced around. "Great job Liger! I knew you could do it." The Liger let out a loud roar then turned and slowly moved over to the damaged Blade Liger of Jones.
"Jones, go back to base and have them fix your Blade Liger."
"Yes sir.. Sir, if I may ask, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to go and provide some support for the East Base. They're being hit hard. You're in charge till I get back."
"I understand sir, Jones out." He switched off his comm and turned the Blade Liger around, heading off back to the base.
"Okay Liger, lets go cause some hell." The Liger let out another loud roar and west laughed softly. "Lets go!" He thrusted both the accelerators forward, bringing that booster to life once again. The Liger too off with amazing speed, heading directly towards the East Base.